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Ronda Rousey's popularity is all about contrast. She can be glamorous and has a smile that can light up 1,000 billboards, but if you make her angry, her icy stare is the furthest thing from glamorous. Bethe Correia felt that stare Saturday night, then felt Rousey's wrath. The UFC bantamweight champ made short work of her Brazilian challenger, landing a punch to the temple that knocked Correia out after just 34 seconds. Correia enraged the champ in recent weeks by bringing up her father's suicide -- that rage was obvious in the moments before the fight, and even more so afterward when a visually emotional Rousey said she hoped the victory taught future opponents a...

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